A lot of changes and new features have been added in this version

Jul 19, 2012 12:23 GMT  ·  By

PC-BSD, a BSD distribution with the goal to be an easy-to-install-and-use desktop operating system based on FreeBSD, is now at version 9.1 Beta 1.

Highlights of PC-BSD 9.1 Beta 1:

· KDE 4.8.4 has been added; · Support for "Warden" to create Linux Jails (Debian & Gentoo support included) has been added; · A bug with mouse cursor fonts changing over some tray apps has been fixed; · Some bugs with mouse not being detected after display wizard have been repaired; · A new "TrueOS" server option, alongside FreeBSD Vanilla, has been been added; · Display detected video resolution / driver on confirmation screen; · New IPv4 / IPv6 validation to address fields have been added; · Bugs exporting and importing jails via Warden have been fixed.

A complete list of changes and new features can be found in the official annoucement.

Download PC-BSD 9.1 Beta 1 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a development release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only.